With a cast of six poets, each with a vastly different aesthetic, we used all types of devising and writing prompts to explore the idea of "responsibility." People - authorities, especially - throw the word around, so does it mean anything now? To our generation? To us? To us - as poets?

Spectrum Slam 09 was also site-specific and was performed beside Northwestern's Starbucks, working to engage passersby. We used a collage of our ideas, audience feedback, and physical items (manifested in all types of responsibility - including all the poems - posted on a bulletin board in the background) to make our voices heard.

Above, check out the 6 posters, one featuring each poet/performer and a fragment of his or her written work. GRAPHIC DESIGN by Alyssa Vera Ramos